-recreation (fun and enjoyment-learning (in dating field)-status (impressing others)-companionship (sharing activities with another person)-intimacy (establishing close relationship with someone-courtship (seeking someone to have as a steady partner)

Steve and Leanne can't take their eyes off each other. Every time Leanne is in the cafeteria, Steve finds an excuse to be there. In math class Leanne doodles Steve's name in her book. However, both Leanne and Steve are anxious and fearful of their new feelings. As well, they are worried about their friends teasing them.

Initiation phase

According to the text, what do men and women rate as the highest characteristic in their "ideal" man or woman?

mutual attraction --love

Ji-Sung is a young girl living in Tokyo. Ji-Sung is part of a study which questions young adults about the most important aspects of potential spouses. What would Ji-Sung probably rate as the highest quality in the person she hopes to marry?

chastity

Which ethnic group represented in the United States is least likely to engage in early sexual intercourse?

Asian Americans

Proactive Script

initiating the date, deciding where they will go, controlling the public domain (driving the car, opening the door), and initiating sexual contact-more for males

Reactive Script

focuses on the private domain (spending time on dress and grooming), responding to date's gestures in pubic domain (being picked up, waiting for him to open door), and responding to sexual initiatives -more for females

According to research, which statement most accurately represents issues regarding date rape?

Girls who have intercourse early are more likely to have sex against their will.

For adolescents who are gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB), the degree of confusion and anxiety is often amplified because of a cultural presumption of heterosexuality.

false

Sexual behavior in emerging adulthood most commonly takes place in the context of a close romantic relationship.

true

Sexual harassment is a pervasive part of the peer interactions of adolescents. It is usually defined as including a wide range of behaviors, from mild harassment such as name-calling, jokes, and leering looks, to severe harassment involving unwanted touching or sexual contact.

One key principle of the family systems approach is

each subsystem influences every other subsystem

A key change which may affect the equilibrium of a family as a child enters puberty is the

beginning of sexual maturity

According to research, what relationship is marked by the highest level of conflict? An adolescent's relationship with

siblings

Imagine you are a prominent scholar in the field of parenting. You are most likely to describe parenting in terms of what two dimensions?

Demandingness and responsiveness

Parental responsiveness is the degree to which parents

are sensitive to their children's needs

Authoritative

high demandinghigh responsiveness

Authoritarian

high demandinglow responsiveness

Permissive

low demandinghigh responsiveness

Disengaged

low demandinglow responsiveness

What principle describes the idea that adolescents are not only influenced by their parents but also influence their parents?

reciprocal effects

May is a 42-year-old mother of four. Two of May's children are teenagers and May knows that her authority will be obeyed, without question and without requiring an explanation. According to research, May most likely lives in

Japan

According to attachment theory, what shapes expectation and interactions in relationships to others throughout a child's life?

Internal Working Model

In contrast to Westernized cultures, parents in traditional cultures are more likely to be concerned with

adolescents' conformity to cultural beliefs.

In recent studies what percentage of American emerging adults "return to the nest" to live at least once after they leave?

40%

According to the text, in the past 50 years what is the single most dramatic change in family life?

higher divorce rates

In contrast to merely studying rates of divorce, researchers interested in the psychological effects of divorce need to focus on

exposure to conflict between parents.

In most divorced families, a young person's contact with his or her father

declines steadily over time.

According to Haugaard (1992), what percentage of American college students indicate they have been sexually abused by a family member?

About 10%

Friendships are particularly important during adolescence because it is a time of life when young people

extend their relationships outside the immediate family.

Around age 10, a developing capacity for perspective taking allows children to form friendships in which they

care about their friends as individuals.

In terms of friendships, ethnic boundaries may become sharper during adolescence due to

ethnic stereotypes and prejudices.

8. According to your text, which of the following is a more accurate term for peer pressure?

Friends' influence

For most people, friends' influence is strongest during

middle adolescence

The principle that most people tend to choose friends who are similar to themselves is called

selective association.

Informational Support

advice and guidance in solving personal problems

Instrumental Support

help with tasks of various kinds

Companionship Support

being able to rely on each other as companions in social activities

Esteem Support

support friends provide by congratulating their friends when they succeed and encouraging them

Abrie and Farah are best friends. Abrie has a part-time job at a clothing store and helped Farah by letting her use her staff discount card to buy a prom dress. In turn, Farah promised Abrie that she would help her study for her Biology exam. They are offering each other_______________ support.

instrumental

According to research, in emerging adulthood, the importance of ____________ tend to decline as romantic relationships _________________.

friendships; develop

What term refers to a small social group of friends who know each other well and often do things together?

clique

Adolescents' use of antagonistic interactions such as sarcasm and ridicule are related to

the increased capacity for complex thinking.

According to Erikson, adolescents' use of sarcasm and ridicule may serve to

reduce anxiety caused by identity confusion.

From early- to mid-adolescence, crowd structure becomes

more differentiated and more influential.

From mid- to late-adolescence, crowd structure becomes

less hierarchical and less influential.

In schools with diverse, multiethnic populations, adolescents in the majority ethnic group tend to perceive ________ crowd distinctions in minority ethnic groups other than in their own.

fewer

In traditional cultures, the adolescent peer crowd is __________ than in Western cultures.

less age-graded

Rejected adolescent

adolescents who are actively disliked by their peers

Neglected adolescent

adolescents who have few or no friends and are largely unnoticed by peers

Controversial adolescent

adolescents who are aggressive but who also possess social skills, evoke strong emotions from peers both negative and positive

One reason that popular children tend to become popular adolescents is that they are

reinforced in their popularity on an ongoing basis.

Most interventions designed to help unpopular adolescents focus on developing____________ skills.

social

Which of the following is most true of identity development?

identity issues are especially central in emerging adulthood

Tian is twelve years old. She arrives home after school and announces to her family " I am he best public speaker in my class I am so proud" Tian's mothers replied "You shouldnt brag"

collectivistic

For an adolescent, feeling of failure may result from awareness of a difference between the

actual self and ideal self

According to research, an adolescent is most likely to put on a "false self" with

dating partners

Which of the following may contribute to a decline in self-esteem experienced in adolescence?

imaginary audience

When would a person likely experience the most intense fluctuations in barometric self-esteem

early adolescence

Which of the following is not one of the domains of self-image proposed by Harter

scholastic competence

According to Erikson, the central task of adolescence focuses on

identity versus identity confusion

The key areas of identity formation in adolescence are love, work, and

ideology

Which of the following best describes the psycho social moratorium

a period of identity exploration in adoolescence

Blake is 28 years old and hasn't setled down. He started college twice and quit

identity confusion

Each identity status contains a different combination of exploration and

commitment

"if being a pilot is good enough for dad and grandpa, its good enough for me"

foreclosure

"my parents are originally from Korea but i really think of myself as just Canadian"

assimilation

Which of the following ethnic identity statuses is characterized by low identification with the majority culture

marginal

Of the following, which group of adolescents is most likely to view themselves as bicultural

Mexican American

With regard to ethnic identity, a separation orientation most likely might result from

discrimination experienced by minorities

Mobashar lives in Pakistan and is member of rap group. happy with his culture and another